Dumra/The Secret Garden – Commemorating the CIA-Tibet Training Program at Camp Hale, 1958-1964

June 3, 2024

Together with the Colorado Tibetan community, the Vail Symposium, and CU’s Department of Anthropology, the Tibet Himalaya Initiative is pleased to invite you to a special event this summer linked to Professor Carole McGranahan's longstanding research. On Sunday, June 9 at 12 noon, we will hold a memorial gathering at...

Michael R. Sheehy, Ph.D. speaks on the intersection of Tibetan meditation and modern science

May 28, 2024

On April 3, Michael R. Sheehy, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia, delivered a talk titled Towards Contemplative Fluency: Framing Tibetan Meditation Practices. Meditation is an ancient human practice. Our ability to artfully cultivate attentive, imaginal, and embodied...

Explore Colorado’s Japanese and Japanese American history with new research guide

May 20, 2024

After spending a few years teaching English abroad in Japan with the Japanese Exchange and Teaching program (JET), Adam Lisbon , Japanese and Korean Studies librarian at the University Libraries, fell in love with the country and its culture and decided to pursue librarianship. Once he joined the CU Boulder...

Power Plays: Colonialism, Imperialism, and the Making of National Sports in South and Southeast Asia

May 16, 2024

A commuter professional development program for high school and community college (grades 9-14) educators in Colorado. Make the 2024 Summer Olympics a teachable moment for history, geography, political science, and social sciences. Learn why certain sports are more popular in South and Southeast Asia, how they became game-changers beyond the...

Amazing grads 2024

May 9, 2024

Many of the students featured in the A&S Magazine's article about CU's Amazing Grads have Asian Studies connections. The article is highlighting Valerie Lombogia , a graduating Asian Studies student this semester. Also highlighted is Frances Emmeline Nettles (International affairs and Chinese) who did the summer 2023 Tang program. Chu...

Congratulations Class of 2024

May 6, 2024

We would like to congratulate the following students graduating this week! Asian Studies Major: Elinor Catalano Major: Asian Studies Minor: Art Practices Thesis: The Colonial Era and Beyond: The Past and Present and its Effect on Music and K-pop in Korea Valerie Lombogia Major: Asian Studies Minor: Teaching English to...

CAS awards summer scholarships and honors fellowship recipients for AY 23-24

April 29, 2024

The Center for Asian Studies has awarded several language program and research scholarships for this coming summer. CAS also would like to honor recipients of year-long fellowships and scholarships for the past year. Summer Programs for 2024 Edward G. Seidensticker Japan Summer 2024 Research Grant Evelyn Emery Asian Languages and...

CAS events for the week of April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024

Claiming the nation: Reflections on the state of religion and politics in the Philippines Wednesday, April 24 at 5pm Center for Teaching and Learning in the CASE building Free and open to the public Please register online at: https://forms.gle/PFqHaeE9CJtmpuUp6 That the Philippines is the only Christian nation in Asia is...

CUBASGA 2024: The 25th Anniversary

April 18, 2024

Over the weekend of 24 and 25 February 2024, the CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA) held our 25 th annual conference at UMC. CUBASGA is the largest graduate student conference in our field and is run entirely by graduate students from the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations...

CAS Events for the Week of Aril 15, 2024

April 15, 2024

The Problem of Being: Ontology in Contemporary Islamic Philosophy HUMN 230 | Monday, 15 April 2024, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Register here Mullā Ṣadrā (d. 1640) is one of the greatest of all Islamic philosophers matched only by the likes of Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240), Avicenna (d. 1037) and...

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